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Friday, August 1, 2025
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Topic: Election Commission

At new Congress HQ, Rahul rallies cadres for ‘civilisational war’ with BJP, RSS, ‘Indian state itself’

Speaking at new Congress HQ, Rahul Gandhi says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should be tried for treason for suggesting India got ‘true Independence’ the day Ram temple was consecrated.

Oppn sees ‘conspiracy’ in Modi govt’s move to restrict public access to CCTV poll footage

After Punjab & Haryana HC directed ECI to provide CCTV footage & documents related to Haryana polls, law ministry amended rule to limit public inspection of electronic information.

‘EVMs not tempered when you win,’ SC rejects PIL for reverting to paper ballots in elections

The plea also sought a directive to the EC for disqualification of candidates if found guilty of distributing money, liquor or other material inducement to the voters during polls.

Election Commission can’t be a kingdom within a kingdom; it needs central oversight: KM Munshi

On 16 June 1949, KM Munshi argued in the Constituent Assembly that the election commission must balance independence with central oversight to ensure impartiality and practicality.

SubscriberWrites: Does individual gain, lead to common good in India? Some reminiscence’s from recent events

Recent events, points towards individualistic culture that is likely to harm society at large, impact social cohesion  and calls for societal rebalancing. 

Maharashtra polls on 20 November, Jharkhand on 13, 20 November; results on 23 November

EC also announces byelections to 48 assembly seats nationwide and 2 parliamentary constituencies, including Wayanad in Kerala, where Priyanka Gandhi will contest to succeed her brother.

Election Commission to announce assembly poll dates for Maharashtra, Jharkhand today

The term of Maharashtra Assembly ends on 26 November, while that of Jharkhand on 5 January, 2025.

‘Analysing unexpected results. Will inform EC about complaints,’ says Rahul Gandhi on Haryana polls

In the Haryana Assembly elections BJP bagged 48 out of 90 seats, while Congress managed to win 37 seats.

BJP seeks date change for Haryana polls, Congress calls it a move to delay defeat

BJP has asked EC to change the date citing concerns that holidays around 1 October could impact polling negatively. Congress says it has ‘no problem with pre-announced dates’.

Election Commission to release schedule for assembly elections 2024 today

The schedule, to be announced at around 3 pm, will include dates of filing of nominations, polling and declaration of results.

On Camera

Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.